CUSTOMS DUTY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does customs duty mean? 

• CUSTOMS DUTY (noun)
  The noun CUSTOMS DUTY has 1 sense:

1. money collected under a tariff

  Familiarity information: CUSTOMS DUTY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CUSTOMS DUTY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Money collected under a tariff

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Synonyms:

custom; customs; customs duty; impost

Hypernyms ("customs duty" is a kind of...):

duty; tariff (a government tax on imports or exports)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "customs duty"):

ship money (an impost levied in England to provide money for ships for national defense)